Spool-holder.



V. A. BBOUILLET.

sPooL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-27.19I5.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

61 Hiomama onnion.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

Application filed December 27, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILETTA A. BROUIL- LET, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at San Luis Obispo, in the county of San Luis Obispo and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to devices for supporting articles, and particularly to a device for supporting spools of thread.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of a very simple device adapted to support a plurality of spools of thread, so constructed that the spools may be easily placed upon or removed from the device and the thread unwound from the spools.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which may be very cheaply constructed and in which the spool engaging and supporting members may be readily made and assembled with the base.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the device that the spool support ing members when engaged with the base will be held rigid in position.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which the spool supporting members may be readily detachable from the base so that they may be laid flat against the base for compact packaging.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a face view of the complete spool supporting device;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the base and showing one of the spool supporting members in position;

. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary face view of the plate 10;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation offone of the supporting members 13 detached from the plate.

Referring to these drawings, 10 desig nates a sheet of relatively thin metal which may be of any desired ornamental character and which is preferably provided with a head 11 at its edges to strengthen it. At its upper end the sheet is formed with an Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

Serial N0. 68,766.

opening 12 whereby it may be supported upon a nail. This plate or sheet 10 forms the base upon which the spool supporting members 13 are mounted.

The plate 10 is formed with a series of perforations 14 and 15 arranged in transverse series across the plate, the perforations 14 being in staggered relation to the perforations 15. The material of the plate above each perforation 14 is outwardly pressed, as at 16, while the material of the plate below each perforation 15 is. out

wardly pressed, as at 17. These outwardly. pressed portions 16 and 17 extend longitudinally of the plate and form a plurality of pairs of seats, the seats of each pair being in staggered relation, as shown clearly in Fig.2. Below each perforation 14 the metal of the plate is slightly depressed toward the back of the plate, as at 18, and above each perforation 15 the metal of the plate is slightly depressed toward the back, as at 19.

The spool supporting members 13, as'illustrated most clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, are

of the spool support at 20 is slightly en-' larged.

As illustrated clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, each spool support is engaged with the base plate by inserting the leg 23 through the perforation 14 and the leg 24 through the perforation 15. This may be easily done by inserting the portion 28, for instance, in E.

the perforation l l and then shifting the" spool support upward until the extremity of the portion 24 can be inserted within the opening 15. The support is then shifted downward until the portion 24 bears firmly upon the lower end of the seat 17. Because of the fact that the portions 22 of the sup? port are in divergent relation to each other, no rotation of the spool support is possible upon the base and as the portions 23 and 24 extend in opposite directions and each of theportions 23 and 24 bears partly against the front of the plate and partly against the back of the plate the spool support is held rigidly in place. The spool supports may, however, be readily detachable by reversing the operation previously described.

In the use of my device spools are placed upon the several spool supports and the thread may be drawn from the spools as needed. The enlarged upper end of the spool support has sufficient frictional engagement with the spool as to prevent its accidental rotation but not such as to prevent the thread from being readily drawn off from the spool. The end portions 23 and 2%, as will be seen from Fig. 3, are not exactly at right angles to the portions 22 but at less than a right angle to these portions so that when the portions 523 and 24 are inserted within the seats 16 and 17 they will firmly engage therewith and clamp against the plate.

It will be seen that my device is very handy and convenient, that it is very cheap to make, and that the spool supports may be readily detached from the base so that they can be placed in a small box for transportation. While I particularly advise this construction for supporting spools, I wish it understood that the same principle might be applied for the support of other objects.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A spool support of the character described including a plate having a pair of perforations spaced from each other, and a supporting member having angularly and oppositely extending extremities inserted through said perforations, said angularly extending extremities bearing partly against the back of the plate and partly against the front of the plate whereby to prevent movement of the supporting member at right angles to the face of the plate.

2. A spool support of the character described including a plate having a pair of perforations spaced from each other both laterally and longitudinally, and a supporting member having legs divergently inclined with respect to each other and extending inward toward the face of the plate, said legs being formed with angular extremities extending in opposite directions, one of said extremities inserted through one of said perforations and the other through the other perforation.

3. A support of the character described including a plate having a pair of perforations, the metal of the plate on one side of one perforation and the opposite side of the other perforation being outwardly pressedto form longitudinally extending seats, and a supporting member having angular extremities extending in opposite directions to each other, said extremities being longer than the seats and inserted through said perforations and bearing partly against the inside faces of said seats and partly against the front of the plate.

4. A supporting device of the character described including a plate having a pair of perforations in it, the metal of the plate on one side of one perforation and the opposite side of the other perforation being outwardly pressed to form longitudinally extending seats, said perforations of the seats being out of alinement with each other, and a supporting member having angular extremities extending in opposite directions and also disposed out of alinement with each other, said extremities being insertible through said perforations and bearing partly against the front face of the plate and partly against the rear faces of said seats.

5. A device of the chracter described including a plate having a pair of perforations formed in the plate, the perforations being out of alinement with each other, the metal of the plate on one side of one per-' foration and on the other side of the other perforation being outwardly pressed Whereby to form longitudinally extending seats, and a supporting member formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself, the legs so formed being angularly bent at their ends with relation to the body of the wire and in divergentrelation to each other, the extremities of said angularly bent legs being angularly bent in opposite directions and parallel to the body of the wire for reception each in one of said seats.

6. A supporting device of the character described including a plate outwardly pressed to form longitudinally extending seats on the inner face of the plate spaced from each other and disposed out of alinement, the seats opening toward each other, and a supporting member having divergent legs, the extremities of the legs being angularly bent in opposite directions but parallel to each other and being disposed in said seats.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VILETTA A. BROUILLET.

Witnesses:

GAsPAR O. MANE, SAM. V. WVRIGHT.

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